Jan 31The VisitA conversation with Bud, my dead friend. — Pretty sure that was a hypnagogic hallucination. How long had it been since we last saw each other? “Three years,” he said. “What?” Impossible. I was sure it hadn’t been that long. “No, for real. It’s been three years. We were in Washington for Sam and Margie’s high school graduation.” …Friendship4 min readFriendship4 min read
Jan 28January 2023A different approach to the same old thing. — I’m trying something different with my blog writing. I’m taking more of a “freestyle” approach to it and just writing as the words and ideas form without much prep or revision. This is a dangerous game, a quality control risk, but I wanted to test this approach out and see…USA5 min readUSA5 min read
Published in Far From Professional·Jan 7Show Me the Trophy!Ambassador of Quan hangs on to win his first AGS title, throws shade at his biggest haters. — Week 17 in the NFL ended with the most terrifying thing we’ve ever seen on the football field. Damar Hamlin, Buffalo Bills safety, collapsed on the field after a routine tackle and went into cardiac arrest. Many people thought he died right there, and even after he’d been revived and…Fantasy Football12 min readFantasy Football12 min read
Published in Far From Professional·Jan 12022 Movies: The Good, The Bad, and The DecentAgree, agree to disagree, and find common ground in something you dislike together. — Every week I meet with my Far From Professional co-creator, C. A., to shoot the shit, check in on each other’s work, and plan out future projects. It’s a little bit of work and mostly laughs as we lament the daily struggles of being trophy husbands to our bread-winning wives…Netflix4 min readNetflix4 min read
Dec 31, 2022Close It Out4 grams of mushrooms before noon. — There we go, folks. Another year folds into history, and we’re back at the beginning. The passing of time trips me out. I remember the day that this first happened — Monday, January 16, 2006. I had just turned 24, I had a day off from work and school, and…Psychedelics4 min readPsychedelics4 min read
Published in Far From Professional·Dec 30, 2022Mors Tua, Vita MeaRebel Scum’s playoff run is one and done. — “Your death, my life.” That’s what the Latin phrase in the title of this week’s AGS retrospective means. In sports, in the playoffs, one team meets the end of their season, another is given life and has an extra week to play for league immortality. All good things come to an end, including winning…Fantasy Football4 min readFantasy Football4 min read
Published in Far From Professional·Dec 23, 2022Do or DieThere’s no time for caution in the AGS playoffs. — A season’s worth of heart-attack wins and grueling losses is wiped clean with the first round of the playoffs in the books. …Fantasy Football3 min readFantasy Football3 min read
Published in Far From Professional·Dec 16, 2022Curtain CallThe AGS elite 6 take a bow after clinching playoff spots while the league’s commissioner suffers the degrading logo and name change. In the dog ass heat of late summer, the agonizingly long offseason gave way to the glory and the pain of the 2022 NFL season, and where there’s real football, there are a million other folks dreaming of running the table with their fantasy football teams and winning it all…Fantasy Football4 min readFantasy Football4 min read
Published in Far From Professional·Dec 9, 2022FuneralThe top six teams are set for the playoffs; the consolation bracket is locked, meaning the end for the rest of them. — Just like that, with the swiftness of a guillotine, the final playoff hopes and dreams of two teams died last week. Farewell to our esteemed Rudy’s Replacements and to the Penthouse Pimps. The consolation playoffs await. Good luck getting that extra keeper. A name change is likely in store for…Fantasy Football4 min readFantasy Football4 min read
Published in Far From Professional·Dec 2, 2022Survival of the IllestOnly the strong survived Week 12. — We should’ve opened the first article of this season with a brief disclaimer that stated how we understand that the way that we’re about to discuss fantasy football and our fantasy football league, Any Given Sunday, is going to be ridiculous; that the fact that we treat it as though…Fantasy Football5 min readFantasy Football5 min read
